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SAMPLE TEST: Stars and Galaxies Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 1. Stars of which color have the highest surface temperature? a. red c. yellow b. orange d. blue 2. A star with a surface temperature between 5000 K and 6000 K appears ____. a. blue c. yellow b. red d. white 3. The mass of a star can be determined by studying ____. a. the wavelength of light emitted by the star b. the color of the star c. the distance between the star and Earth d. binary star systems 4. Stars of which color have the coolest surface temperature? a. red c. yellow b. orange d. blue 5. A light-year is approximately ____. a. 9.5 trillion kilometers c. 150 million kilometers b. 95 trillion kilometers d. 150 billion kilometers 6. Stellar distances are usually expressed in what units? a. miles c. light-years b. kilometers d. none of the above 7. Which of the following is true about parallax? a. It is used to measure distances to stars. b. The parallax angles of distant stars are too small to measure. c. The nearest stars have the smallest parallax angles. d. both a and b 8. The measure of a star’s brightness is called its ____. a. magnitude c. intensity b. parallax d. color index 9. Which of the following does NOT affect the apparent brightness of a star? a. how old the star is c. how hot the star is b. how big the star is d. how far away the star is 10. If star A is farther from Earth than star B, but both stars have the same absolute magnitude, what is true about their apparent magnitude? a. Both stars have the same apparent magnitude. b. Star A has the greater apparent magnitude. c. Star B has the greater apparent magnitude. d. Apparent magnitude is not related to distance. 11. Which magnitude would be associated with the brightest star? a. 15 c. 5 b. 10 d. –5 12. The difference in the brightness of two stars with the same surface temperature is attributable to their ____. a. densities c. ages b. colors d. sizes ____ 13. Which of the following is NOT a type of nebula? a. reflection c. spiral b. emission d. dark ____ 14. A Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram shows the relationship between ____. a. absolute magnitude and apparent magnitude b. temperature and absolute magnitude c. parallax and temperature d. apparent magnitude and parallax ____ 15. About 90 percent of stars on the H-R diagram are ____. a. supergiants c. white dwarfs b. main-sequence stars d. black holes ____ 16. Which main-sequence stars are the most massive? a. red c. yellow b. orange d. blue ____ 17. Which main-sequence stars are the least massive? a. red c. yellow b. orange d. blue ____ 18. According to Figure 25-1, which main-sequence stars are brightest? a. the smallest c. the hottest b. the coolest d. none of the above ____ 19. According to Figure 25-1, the sun has an absolute magnitude of ____. a. –5 c. 5 b. 0 d. 5000 ____ 20. Another name for the interstellar matter that will eventually form a star is ____. a. supernova c. black hole b. red giant d. nebula ____ 21. A star is said to be born when ____. a. a protostar reaches a temperature high enough for nuclear fusion to begin b. a red giant collapses on itself and becomes a black hole c. pressure within a protostar becomes so great that a supernova occurs d. a dark, cool interstellar cloud begins to contract ____ 22. Which force is most responsible for the formation of a star? a. gravity c. interstellar force b. nuclear force d. electromagnetic force ____ 23. In the Milky Way, the most abundant gas in emission nebulae is ____. a. helium c. argon b. hydrogen d. nitrogen ____ 24. Massive stars terminate in a brilliant explosion called a ____. a. red giant c. neutron star b. protostar d. supernova ____ 25. Which stars are composed of matter in which electrons have combined with protons? a. black holes c. white dwarfs b. black dwarfs d. neutron stars ____ 26. All stars, regardless of size, eventually ____. a. turn into black dwarfs c. run out of fuel and collapse b. explode d. become black holes ____ 27. In the cores of extremely hot red giants, nuclear reactions convert helium to ____. a. carbon c. lead b. hydrogen d. argon ____ 28. Before being engulfed, matter that is pulled into a black hole should become very hot and emit ____. a. infrared radiation c. atoms b. hydrogen nuclei d. X-rays ____ 29. When a main-sequence star has exhausted the fuel in its core, it becomes a ____. a. black hole c. neutron star b. black dwarf d. red giant ____ 30. The sun is a ____. a. black hole c. main-sequence star b. black dwarf d. red giant ____ 31. What is the next stage in the sun’s life cycle? a. white dwarf c. planetary nebula b. red giant d. black dwarf ____ 32. What will be the final stage in the sun’s life cycle? a. white dwarf c. planetary nebula b. red giant d. black dwarf ____ 33. Light cannot escape the intense gravitational pull of a ____. a. black hole c. main-sequence star b. black dwarf d. red giant ____ 34. Our galaxy is called the ____. ____ 35. ____ 36. ____ 37. ____ 38. ____ 39. ____ 40. ____ 41. ____ 42. ____ 43. ____ 44. ____ 45. a. Local Group c. Andromeda b. Orion d. Milky Way At its nucleus, the Milky Way Galaxy is about 100,000 light-years wide and ____. a. 1,000 light-years thick c. 100,000 light-years thick b. 10,000 light-years thick d. 1,000,000 light-years thick Where is our sun located in the Milky Way? a. within one of the spiral arms b. at the exact center of the galactic nucleus c. in the galactic halo d. at the tip of one of the spiral arms About 60 percent of all known galaxies are classified as ____. a. spiral galaxies c. irregular galaxies b. elliptical galaxies d. binary systems Which object is largest? a. globular cluster c. star b. galaxy d. planet Which of the following is NOT a type of galaxy? a. nebular c. spiral b. irregular d. elliptical According to Hubble’s law, galaxies are retreating at a speed that is proportional to their ____. a. orientation c. galactic position b. distance d. mass Which of the following indicates that the universe is expanding? a. red shift of distant galaxies b. red shift of the galaxies in the Local Group c. blue shift of distant galaxies d. blue shift of the Milky Way Based on the observed red shifts in the spectral lines of distant galaxies, astronomers conclude that ____. a. Earth is in the center of the universe b. the universe is contracting c. the universe is expanding d. the universe is smaller than once believed Greater red shifts in the spectra of galaxies indicate ____. a. faster speeds c. higher temperatures b. slower speeds d. lower temperatures According to the big bang theory, the universe began about ____. a. 4.5 billion years ago c. 49.6 billion years ago b. 13.7 billion years ago d. 130 billion years ago Which of the following supports the big bang theory? a. pulsars c. galactic clusters b. cosmic background radiation d. irregular galaxies Completion Complete each sentence or statement. 46. Patterns of stars called ____________________ were originally named in honor of mythological characters or great heroes. 47. The most basic way to measure the distance to a star is ____________________. 48. A light-year is the distance ____________________ travels in a year. 49. Apparent magnitude refers to a star’s ____________________ as it appears from ____________________. 50. Some stars, called ____________________, get brighter and fainter in a regular pattern. 51. A(n) ____________________ is a developing star not yet hot enough to engage in nuclear fusion. 52. Stars that radiate short pulses of radio energy are called ____________________. 53. The most dense stars known to exist are called ____________________. 54. The average star spends ____________________ percent of its life as a hydrogen-burning, main-sequence star. 55. The sun is positioned about ____________________ of the way from the center of the galaxy. 56. The Milky Way is classified as a(n) ____________________ galaxy. 57. In addition to size and shape, one of the major differences among galaxies is the ____________________ of their stars. 58. A(n) ____________________ galaxy is a type of galaxy that lacks symmetry. 59. The apparent change in wavelength of radiation caused by the relative motions of the source and the observer is called the ____________________. 60. The ____________________, which occurred in an instant, marks the beginning of the universe. Short Answer 61. Which property of a star can be determined by its color? 62. What is parallax? 63. Which factors determine a star’s apparent magnitude? 64. What are the two main types of bright nebulae? 65. How hot must the core of a protostar be to begin nuclear fusion? 66. Describe what is happening to the star shown in Figure 25-2. 67. What type of star is shown in Figure 25-2? 68. What happens to a low-mass star when it depletes its hydrogen fuel? 69. Why do massive stars age faster than stars that are less massive? 70. Why does a red giant have a reddish appearance? 71. What is a galaxy? 72. What type of galaxy is composed mainly of young stars? 73. State Hubble’s law in your own words. 74. What will happen to the universe if its average density is less than its critical density? Essay 75. Describe each step of the sun’s life cycle. 76. According to the big bang theory, how did the universe begin? What had to happen before atoms could form?